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Korea - Labor Force Participation 2018

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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

62.76% −0.15pp from 2017 Global rank: 78th

Korea's labor force participation was 62.76% in 2018, decreased +0.15pp from 62.91% in 2017. This was the 78th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2018▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2018
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	87.50%	0.0%
2nd	Madagascar	85.50%	-0.2%
3rd	Solomon Islands	84.30%	0.0%
4th	Tanzania	83.83%	0.0%
5th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.18%	0.1%
6th	Cambodia	81.91%	0.6%
7th	Nigeria	80.96%	0.1%
8th	Burundi	80.05%	-0.1%
9th	United Arab Emirates	79.11%	0.4%
10th	Mozambique	78.95%	0.0%
11th	Eritrea	78.69%	-0.4%
12th	Burkina Faso	77.87%	-0.3%
13th	Viet Nam	77.48%	0.4%
14th	Peru	77.18%	0.2%
15th	Liberia	76.87%	0.0%
16th	Iceland	75.98%	-1.2%
17th	Angola	75.32%	-0.4%
18th	Uganda	74.79%	4.2%
19th	Benin	74.71%	0.5%
20th	Bahamas, The	74.30%	0.2%
21st	South Sudan	74.24%	0.0%
22nd	Kuwait	73.57%	0.2%
23rd	Central African Republic	73.43%	0.0%
24th	Niger	72.67%	-0.3%
25th	Bahrain	72.07%	-0.4%
26th	Paraguay	71.87%	1.2%
27th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	71.80%	4.6%
28th	Oman	70.52%	-0.3%
29th	New Zealand	70.51%	0.0%
30th	Kazakhstan	70.13%	-0.1%
31st	Kenya	70.10%	-3.0%
32nd	Macao SAR, China	70.08%	0.3%
33rd	St. Lucia	69.88%	0.7%
34th	Singapore	68.58%	-0.5%
35th	Switzerland	68.58%	0.1%
36th	Cameroon	68.39%	-1.3%
37th	Mali	68.28%	-1.3%
38th	Congo, Republic of	68.15%	0.0%
39th	China	67.81%	-0.8%
40th	Thailand	67.80%	0.4%
41st	Indonesia	67.65%	1.4%
42nd	Panama	67.57%	2.6%
43rd	Belize	67.30%	5.1%
44th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	67.29%	0.2%
45th	Timor-Leste	67.20%	0.2%
46th	Moldova	67.05%	-1.9%
47th	Ecuador	66.66%	-2.2%
48th	Honduras	66.49%	3.3%
49th	Brunei Darussalam	66.43%	1.9%
50th	Netherlands	66.38%	0.4%
51st	Haiti	65.93%	0.0%
52nd	Norway	65.91%	0.4%
53rd	Zimbabwe	65.89%	-0.1%
54th	Australia	65.80%	0.9%
55th	Barbados	65.71%	-0.7%
56th	Malaysia	65.57%	0.6%
57th	Canada	65.55%	-0.4%
58th	Jamaica	65.48%	-0.3%
59th	Israel	65.43%	-0.1%
60th	Côte d'Ivoire	65.41%	-1.1%
61st	Azerbaijan	65.40%	0.6%
62nd	Cyprus	65.38%	1.6%
63rd	Ghana	65.28%	-2.4%
64th	Colombia	65.24%	-1.2%
65th	Nicaragua	65.16%	-0.3%
66th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	64.52%	-0.4%
67th	Brazil	64.50%	0.0%
68th	Sweden	64.50%	0.2%
69th	Belarus	64.41%	-0.1%
70th	Georgia	63.93%	-2.9%
71st	Dominican Republic	63.77%	2.3%
72nd	Uruguay	63.68%	-0.7%
73rd	Estonia	63.50%	0.4%
74th	Malawi	63.37%	-0.1%
75th	Chile	63.21%	0.4%
76th	Botswana	63.11%	0.5%
77th	Guinea-Bissau	62.90%	-0.2%
78th	Korea	62.76%	-0.2%
79th	United Kingdom	62.62%	0.3%
80th	Bhutan	62.60%	-0.3%
81st	United States	62.59%	0.1%
82nd	Russian Federation	62.45%	-0.1%
83rd	Guam	62.36%	0.0%
84th	Myanmar	62.36%	0.5%
85th	Costa Rica	62.21%	3.9%
86th	Ireland	62.14%	0.4%
87th	Denmark	61.91%	0.1%
88th	Lithuania	61.54%	1.5%
89th	Japan	61.45%	1.7%
90th	Maldives	61.43%	3.8%
91st	Latvia	61.34%	0.9%
92nd	Armenia	61.33%	-0.2%
93rd	Equatorial Guinea	61.31%	0.0%
94th	Trinidad and Tobago	61.15%	-0.7%
95th	Lao PDR	60.99%	2.0%
96th	Austria	60.92%	0.4%
97th	Germany	60.86%	0.3%
98th	Hong Kong SAR, China	60.65%	0.3%
99th	Guatemala	60.50%	-0.7%
100th	Mexico	60.43%	0.4%
101st	Rwanda	60.38%	-0.1%
102nd	Czechia	60.37%	0.5%
103rd	Chad	59.97%	-0.9%
104th	Mongolia	59.75%	1.0%
105th	Slovak Republic	59.73%	-0.3%
106th	Argentina	59.60%	1.3%
107th	Saudi Arabia	59.42%	0.7%
108th	Finland	59.31%	1.1%
109th	Albania	59.30%	2.1%
110th	Luxembourg	59.29%	0.9%
111th	Mauritius	59.27%	-1.0%
112th	Malta	59.26%	2.8%
113th	Vanuatu	59.25%	-1.1%
114th	Philippines	58.98%	-0.3%
115th	Lesotho	58.96%	-2.1%
116th	Portugal	58.95%	0.1%
117th	Slovenia	58.95%	0.7%
118th	New Caledonia	58.94%	-2.1%
119th	Bangladesh	58.92%	1.0%
120th	Namibia	58.88%	-1.3%
121st	El Salvador	58.73%	-0.5%
122nd	Channel Islands	58.55%	-0.3%
123rd	Zambia	58.48%	-0.2%
124th	Kyrgyz Republic	58.46%	2.8%
125th	Hungary	58.30%	0.8%
126th	Togo	58.03%	-0.1%
127th	Spain	57.63%	-0.7%
128th	Poland	57.53%	0.0%
129th	Fiji	57.36%	-0.2%
130th	European Union	57.08%	0.1%
131st	Uzbekistan	56.55%	0.1%
132nd	Ukraine	56.31%	0.0%
133rd	Suriname	56.30%	0.3%
134th	Guyana	55.79%	0.3%
135th	French Polynesia	55.61%	-0.4%
136th	Cabo Verde	55.56%	-6.1%
137th	Cuba	55.46%	-0.2%
138th	Bulgaria	55.32%	-0.2%
139th	France	55.30%	0.1%
140th	South Africa	55.16%	-0.4%
141st	Virgin Islands (US)	55.07%	-6.9%
142nd	Tonga	54.00%	-0.7%
143rd	Serbia	53.96%	0.8%
144th	Sierra Leone	53.91%	-1.4%
145th	Belgium	53.67%	0.6%
146th	Guinea	53.58%	-1.3%
147th	Montenegro	53.57%	1.8%
148th	Türkiye	53.21%	0.7%
149th	North Macedonia	52.80%	-0.7%
150th	India	52.48%	-0.4%
151st	Samoa	52.35%	-3.8%
152nd	Romania	51.83%	0.0%
153rd	Sri Lanka	51.72%	-4.2%
154th	Gabon	51.28%	0.5%
155th	Pakistan	50.99%	-0.7%
156th	Croatia	50.94%	-0.9%
157th	Papua New Guinea	50.83%	0.8%
158th	Greece	50.80%	-0.4%
159th	Comoros	50.79%	3.1%
160th	Eswatini	50.53%	-0.6%
161st	Italy	49.62%	0.2%
162nd	Libya	49.28%	-0.1%
163rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49.13%	-0.6%
164th	Tunisia	48.61%	2.4%
165th	Lebanon	48.43%	1.0%
166th	Senegal	48.35%	5.1%
167th	Gambia, The	47.77%	0.0%
168th	Morocco	45.83%	0.7%
169th	Afghanistan	45.57%	-3.7%
170th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	44.39%	0.4%
171st	West Bank and Gaza	43.45%	-1.3%
172nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	43.30%	-3.7%
173rd	Turkmenistan	42.93%	-0.4%
174th	Algeria	42.28%	-0.1%
175th	Sudan	41.35%	-2.5%
176th	Iraq	41.24%	-1.5%
177th	Mauritania	41.08%	-0.1%
178th	Nepal	39.74%	-0.4%
179th	Jordan	39.18%	-2.6%
180th	Puerto Rico (US)	38.58%	0.9%
181st	Tajikistan	37.98%	-2.3%
182nd	Syrian Arab Republic	37.78%	0.1%
183rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.06%	-0.1%
184th	Yemen, Republic of	32.61%	0.4%
185th	Djibouti	32.11%	-0.5%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	23.79%	-0.4%

FAQ

What was Korea's labor force participation in 2018?▾

Korea's labor force participation in 2018 was 62.76%. This ranked 78th globally.

How did Korea's labor force participation change in 2018?▾

Korea's labor force participation decreased by 0.2% in 2018 compared to 2017.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2018?▾

Qatar had the highest labor force participation in 2018 at 87.50%.

What is the labor force participation of Korea in 2018?▾

The labor force participation of Korea in 2018 was 62.76%. This ranked 78th globally.

How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Korea's labor force participation?▾

Korea's labor force participation went from 62.91% in 2017 to 62.76% in 2018, a 0.2% decrease.

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